Flower Child, Chatswood | Review

Flower Child, located inside Chatswood Westfield, is a cafes
that is just beautiful. I think that when I pass it and I think that when I see
images of the food on Instagram. After having it on my to do list for a few
months, some members of our team decided we would try it on Friday as a Foodie
Friday adventure (my original suggestion for the name of the day was Fat
Fridays but apparently that was guilt inducing).

We decided to try and beat the lunch time rush and arrived
at Flower Child at 11.45 but still had a five minute wait to get a table inside
the café. Once seated you could really notice how pretty is was despite being
inside a shopping centre with the roof covered in artificial plants.

After a thorough read of the menu and a stalking of
Instagram I had arrived at the café desperately wanting to try the waffles
despite it not being a proper lunch option. I had seen images of the waffles
served with a coco pop anglaise, fresh berries, fresh and dried bananas,
raspberry jelly and a scoop of ice cream online and thought it look like such a
pretty dish and the coco pop element intrigued me. It was a bit of an internal
battle whether I go for the waffles and I decided that if they could serve it
without bananas it was meant to be ( I hate the taste and texture of
bananas) and thankfully that was no
issue at all so waffles for breakfast it was. My team mates all ordered burgers
that came with a side of fries.

True to what we had seen online, everything was presented
beautifully with the burgers being served on boards and my waffles beautifully
served up with flowers.

But looks can only take you so far when it comes to food and
I must say the waffles were tasty and I did not regret my choice. The coco pops
added a nice crunch and the berries cut through the sweetness. The jelly,
although added a nice colour to the dish probably pushed the sweet level too
far. The waffles themselves were fine, not amazing but nothing to complain
about but paired with the other elements is what made it stand out. The girls
said although their burgers were nice it did not blow them away and they did
have high expectations that Flower Child food would do that.

So although I
wouldn’t rush back for the burgers, I thought the waffles were creative enough
to bring me back to try their other offerings.